You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

The site of a fallen tree that protected Americans from British forces during the American Revolution.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.

What was once a vast naval cemetery is now home to nesting birds and pollinating bees.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

A forest wonderland caused by Burlington, Vermont's aggressive southwestern winds.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

Dispersed across 45-acres, 39 structures house a massive collection celebrating American Folk Art.

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.